Sunset on the Fraser River
The Neighbourhood
An ethnically diverse neighbourhood within Ontario Street on the west and Knight Street on the east, Sunset extends from 41st Avenue south to the Fraser River in southeastern Vancouver, British Columbia. Like most of southeast Vancouver, the area was once mostly working class, but rising prices everywhere have made the area increasingly popular with young professionals and families no longer able to afford houses on the west side.
Background
Formerly part of the incorporated District of South Vancouver, the neighbourhood became part of Vancouver in 1929. As farmland sloping southward to the river with clusters of homes and villages by the 1860s, when the Fraser River was a full day’s journey to the Granville Townsite on the Burrard Inlet by boat or overland through forest and swamp, Sunset welcomed the advance of Westminster Avenue, now Main Street, south from Mount Pleasant in 1910.
The first immigrants from Punjab arrived in Vancouver in the 1890s. Most of them settled in the area around Main Street and 49th Avenue, and many established restaurants and businesses there. Over the years the Sunset neighbourhood has become for Vancouver’s estimated 160,000 South Asian residents a central assembly point of culture and commerce.
The number of Punjabi speakers increased steadily for decades. It is now the most common language in Sunset. More than one in four, 26 per cent of the Sunset population, in 2006 spoke Punjabi as their first language compared to less than three per cent of the general city population, 21 percent spoke Chinese, and 24 percent English. Businesses, restaurants, and services catering to these communities proliferated along Fraser and Main streets; prominent among them was the Punjabi Market.
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The Punjabi Market
The Punjabi Market is a commercial district and ethnic enclave in a roughly six-block section around Main Street and 49th Avenue. Vancouver is home to more than 200,000 people of Indian and Pakistani descent, nowhere more vibrant than at the Punjabi Market, a world of glittering bangles, flowing saris, and rich curry aromas. The neighbourhood gives visitors a glimpse of South Asian culture on Canada’s Pacific Coast. Shops sell fine silk saris in a rainbow of bright colors and elaborate gowns with thousands of tiny inlaid gems. Bhangra music from Bollywood films pumps out of storefronts. Fine jewelers offer exquisite gold rings, bracelets, and necklaces. In April, the Punjabi Market celebrates Vaisakhi Day, the Sikh New Year, with a colorful parade through the streets attracting thousands of spectators.
Vancouver’s Punjabi Market has been a city fixture for decades, but the 2013 municipal Assessment Roll Report finds the area in financial trouble: “Values here are down about 15 percent as the regional [Indo-Canadian] retail hub continues to shift towards Surrey.” Even Tourism Vancouver says the Punjabi Market is struggling. Once famous for many jewelry stores, the Punjabi Market now displays lots of empty space for lease. Elsewhere across the city, retail property value assessments rise but decline here as businesses relocate to Surrey.
The Punjabi Market Association says the district needs some help from the city, province, and federal governments if it’s going to survive. The Surrey Board of Trade says its city offers lower rents and taxes than does Vancouver.
New Sunset Live MLS Listings
Sunset, Vancouver, BC
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150 W 44TH Avenue in Vancouver: Oakridge VW House for sale (Vancouver West) : MLS®# R2430328
150 W 44TH Avenue Vancouver V5Y 2V4 
$4,888,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2430328
- Bedrooms:
- 5
- Bathrooms:
- 5
- Floor Area:
- 3,426 sq. ft.
BUILDERS & INVESTORS - DON'T MISS IT. Designed townhouse development area. Walking to Oakridge Mall, Canada Line skytrain station, YMCA, Langara College, Golf course. South facing backyard with back lane. Potential for a LANEWAY HOUSE. PLEASE DON'T WALK ON PROPERTY. Thank you. More detailsListed by Royal Pacific Realty (Kingsway) Ltd.
- Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
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195 W 41ST Avenue in Vancouver: Cambie House for sale (Vancouver West) : MLS®# R2412765
195 W 41ST Avenue Vancouver V5Y 2S2
$4,600,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2412765
- Bathrooms:
- 2
- Floor Area:
- 1,597 sq. ft.
Build your dream home in the central Cambie Corridor Area. Close to Oakridge Mall and QE Park. The project is assembled with the neighbor lot 187, 195 W 41st Ave Vancouver. Total Lot size: 10,820 sf. with FSR 1.95 finished rezoning 4 story Condo Corner Lot. Character Bungalow on the property in a good condition, providing a strong rental income. All measurement are approximate. Please contact with the listing agent to request for more drawing or information. More detailsListed by RE/MAX Crest Realty - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
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187 W 41ST Avenue in Vancouver: Cambie House for sale (Vancouver West) : MLS®# R2412755
187 W 41ST Avenue Vancouver V5Y 2S2
$4,600,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2412755
- Bedrooms:
- 3
- Bathrooms:
- 2
- Floor Area:
- 1,660 sq. ft.
All measurement are approx, buyers to verify if deemed important. Developer Alert!! Selling together with 195,187,181,173 W 41ST Ave!! Excellent investment property in the Prime Oakridge area. Developers and Investors Alert.This property is located within the Cambie Corridor plan. More detailsListed by RE/MAX Crest Realty - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
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160 W 44TH Avenue in Vancouver: Oakridge VW House for sale (Vancouver West) : MLS®# R2457566
160 W 44TH Avenue Vancouver V5Y 2V4
$3,388,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2457566
- Bedrooms:
- 2
- Bathrooms:
- 1
- Floor Area:
- 1,746 sq. ft.
DEVELOPERS & INVESTORS - DON'T MISS IT! Designated townhouse development area. Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School catchment. Walk to Oakridge Mall, skytrain, YMCA, Langara College, Sir William Van Horne Elementary School, golf course. 2 bedrooms on upper level. Part of lower level is finished with a living room and games room. Unfinished workshop/laundry area for your creative ideas. South facing backyard with lane. Potential for a laneway house. More detailsListed by Royal Pacific Realty Corp. - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
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140 W 40TH Avenue in Vancouver: Cambie House for sale (Vancouver West) : MLS®# R2469852
140 W 40TH Avenue Vancouver V5Y 2R2
$3,080,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2469852
- Bedrooms:
- 9
- Bathrooms:
- 8
- Floor Area:
- 4,510 sq. ft.
50' X 122" LARGE lot with Southern backyard on an APPEALING street in CONVENIENT location within walking distance to QE Park, OAKRIDGE Mall, golf course and public transit. EXQUISTE landscaped garden. DESIGNER QUALITY home. COMPLETELY RESTORED in 2007 to include high end hardwood floors, wood fiberglass PELLA custom windows & doors, edge grain fir moldings, sound proof between floors, designed kitchen with granite counters, stainless appliances and quality wood cabinets. THREE LEGAL ADDDRESS separately for main house, basement suite and laneway house. WELL-MANAGED by professional property management. EXCELLENT tenants providing HANDSOME rental income. GREAT for self-use and investment. More detailsListed by Pacific Place - Arc Realty Ltd. - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
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181 W 41ST Avenue in Vancouver: Cambie House for sale (Vancouver West) : MLS®# R2471304
181 W 41ST Avenue Vancouver V5Y 2S2
$3,000,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2471304
- Bedrooms:
- 5
- Bathrooms:
- 4
- Floor Area:
- 1,932 sq. ft.
Developer Alert!! Selling together with 193,187,181,173 W 41ST Ave. !! Excellent investment property in the Prime Oakridge area. Developers and Investors Alert.This property is located within the Cambie Corridor plan. Potential land assembly with F.S.R up to 1.75 for strata selling condo/Rental Apartment. Only 4 blocks from the Canada Line skytrain & Oakridge MallClose to Q.E. Park and easy access to Downtown. More detailsListed by RE/MAX Crest Realty - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
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173 W 41ST Avenue in Vancouver: Cambie House for sale (Vancouver West) : MLS®# R2471295
173 W 41ST Avenue Vancouver V5Y 2S2
$3,000,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2471295
- Bedrooms:
- 4
- Bathrooms:
- 2
- Floor Area:
- 1,760 sq. ft.
Developer Alert!! Selling together with 193,187,181,173 W 41ST Ave. !! Excellent investment property in the Prime Oakridge area. Developers and Investors Alert.This property is located within the Cambie Corridor plan. Potential land assembly with F.S.R up to 1.75 for strata selling condo/Rental Apartment. Only 4 blocks from the Canada Line skytrain & Oakridge MallClose to Q.E. Park and easy access to Downtown. More detailsListed by RE/MAX Crest Realty - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
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172 E 60TH Avenue in Vancouver: South Vancouver House for sale (Vancouver East) : MLS®# R2468100
172 E 60TH Avenue Vancouver V5X 1Z6
$2,988,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2468100
- Bedrooms:
- 10
- Bathrooms:
- 9
- Floor Area:
- 4,166 sq. ft.
West of Main! Luxurious custom house with spacious laneway home & legal suite, situated on a wide 4700+ SF North / South exposure lot. Main houses feature 6 bedrooms, 4.5 bath and over 3300+ living space. Home features central A/C, HRV, radiant floor heating, gas fireplace in living and family room, expansive kitchen with BOSCH appliances and a separate wok kitchen. Legal two-bedroom suite and a spacious two-bedroom laneway house, over 800 SF makes for the perfect mortgage helper. Winston Churchill school catchment and walking distance to Langara College & Golf Course. Call for showing! More detailsListed by RE/MAX Crest Realty - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
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496 E 56TH Avenue in Vancouver: South Vancouver House for sale (Vancouver East) : MLS®# R2441330
496 E 56TH Avenue Vancouver V5X 1R4
$2,899,990Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2441330
- Bedrooms:
- 6
- Bathrooms:
- 8
- Floor Area:
- 4,545 sq. ft.
Easily one of the BEST QUALITY built homes in Vancouver Eastside available right now. Contemporary, open and tasteful design with high end materials throughout. From the south-facing 500sqft "trex" composite deck /w Napoleon fireplace to the HOME THEATRE featuring a GIGANTIC 155" CURVED SCREEN, no expense was spared. Corner lot home flooded w/ natral light from large pane windows and rare 11ft ceilings on the main floor. Control 4 home automation system to control lighting, sound and security using an app. Three beds upstairs all with their own ensuite. Large one bedroom suite downstairs plus 740sqft 2 bed/2 bath laneway home. Infrared sauna, steam shower, shower systems w/ body jets, A/C, wok kitchen, calcutta quartz counters. One car garage. Video tour https://youtu.be/ri-LWnwrDLg More detailsListed by Oakwyn Realty Ltd. - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
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585 E 52ND Avenue in Vancouver: South Vancouver House for sale (Vancouver East) : MLS®# R2444400
585 E 52ND Avenue Vancouver V5X 1G8
$2,899,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2444400
- Bedrooms:
- 8
- Bathrooms:
- 7
- Floor Area:
- 5,500 sq. ft.
A Rare 'MEGA' home with many options on a HUGE 72.55 x 122' lot in sought after Sunset Community!One of the Largest homes Available For Sale. Built on the city's old bylaws which allowed for over 5500 sq ft (plus crawl space). 2 large & Updated basement suites (2+1 bedrooms) CHECK WITH THE CITY REGARDING SUB-DIVIDABLE POTENTIAL. A Great Opportunity with endless possibilities. Call today & set up your private viewing. More detailsListed by SRS Westside Realty - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
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